Hammock.



W. BOSS.

HAMMOGK.

APPLICATION FILED 0013.7, 1912.

1,062,951 v Patented May 27, 1913.

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WILLIAM BOSS, OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 27 1913.

Application filed October 7, 1912. Serial No. 724,379.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM Boss, a citizenof the United States, residing at St. Paul, in the county of Ramsey andState of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inHammocks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to hammocks and particularly such hammocks as maybe employed either to provide a sleeping cot or a settee, in somerespects resembling the cot hammock disclosed in my co-pendingapplication Number 679,716.

It is the object of my present invention to provide improved valancemembers which may readily be'used either as a part of the hammock whenthe same is used as a settee or as a wind shield when the hammock usedas a cot. I v I The full objects and advantages of my invention willappear in connection with the detailed description thereof and are particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, illustrating the application of my invention in oneform,,Figures 1 and 2 are perspective elevations showing the valancemembers in different positions. Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation viewedfrom the inside toward the end of the hammock. Figs. 4 and 5 arefragmentary details.

The body of the hammock comprises a tube of fabric 10 stretched overframe memhere 11 and having suspending ends 12 and 13 like the similarparts shown in the aforesaid application. The ends 12 and 13, however,are each provided with reinforcing strips 14 and 15, which arepreferably secured to the ends 12 and 13, as indicated in Fig. 5; thatis, the strip has the edges doubled under and is sewed adjacent themargin of the suspending end 13 by means of two seams so that when thesuspending end 13 is looped around a stretcher bar 16, as indicated at17 in Fig. 3, the strips 14 and 15 will come inside of said loopedportion 17. In applying the reinforcing strips 14 and 15 I mayconveniently sew to the suspending ends pockets 27 in which papers,sewing material, etc., may be kept for use by the occupant of thehammock. Along the reinforced portion of the suspending ends 12 and 13are set in a series of gromets or eyelets 17 as most clearly shown inFig. 5. In practice three of these gromets will preferably be employed.

To the upper strip of fabric 18 of the bed bottom 10 at the centerthereof, as indicated at 19 in Fig. 3, valance members 20 and 21 aresecured by a longitudinal seam or seams. It will be obvious that inplace of using two separate strips of fabric to provide the valancemembers 20 and 21 a single strip may be employed of sufficient width sothat when the same is sewed along the center line thereof to the middleof the upper bed bottom strip 18 each portion of said strip of fabric atthe sides of said seam will provide the desired valances. The valancemembers 20 and 21 are each at their outer edges provided with a loop 22,within which loop is inclosed a bar 23 preferably formed of wood andsufficiently large to be stiff enough to provide a satisfactory backrest when the bar together with the valance attached thereto is securedin its highest posit-ion, as indicated in Fig. '1. The bars 23 haveprovided at each end thereof a hook 24, as clearly indicated in Fig. 4,which hook will be turned down when the valance hangs in loweredposition, as is true of val- I ance 20 in Fig. 1. When it is desired tosecure the valance members in any of the raised positionsthe hooks 24will be turned downwardly and passed through the eyelets 17. It will beapparent. therefore, that either of the valance members 21 or 20 mayoccupy any one of four different positions; either entirely dropped. asis true of valance 20 in Figs. 1 and 3,- entirely raised, as is true ofvalance 21 in Figs. 1 and 3.

dropped one-third of the way down, as is true of valance 21 in Fig. 2.and as indicated in dotted lines in reference to the same valance inFig. 3, and positioned in the lower hole of valance 20 in Fig. 2. Theposition of the parts shown in Figs. 1 and 3 is that in which thehammock is used as a settee, the bar 23 and valance strip 21 operatingas a back for the settee. It will be noted that the valance 21 in thisposition curves, as indicated at 25. to conform to the body of theperson sitting upon or in the hammock. The bar 23 will be sufiicientlyelastic to have some give and at the same time will be strong enough tosupport the weight of several persons sitting against the same. When thebars are secured to the second or central sets of gromets 17 the valancestrips will occupy the position indicated of valance 21 by dotted linesin Fig. 3 and also as shown in Fig. 2; that is, the valance will hangflush from the bar to the outer edge of the bed bottom upon which theportion of the Valance extending to the cen ter thereof will lie flat.When in this position the valance provides the lower shield when it isdesired to use the hammock as a cot or bed. The same conditions will betrue of the valances when they are suspended from the lower set ofgromets, and they can be used, as shown in Fig. 2, with one valance inthe lowest position and the other in the intermediate position, whichmay be a desirable arrangement where children are occupying the hammock.

The advantages of my cot hammock settee will be apparent. In the firstplace the bed bottom formed of the stretched tube of fabric 1 0 is, asshown and described in my aforesaid application, not only unusuallyelastic and satisfactory for the purpose but is readily collapsible. Theadaptation of a back to such a springy and collapsible bed bottom ismade possible by the securing of the valances at the center of the upperstrip of fabric comprising the bed bottom. When this valance is in theposition shown in Fig. 3; that is, with the bar 22 secured in the uppersets of gromets 17 the bottom part of said valance strips which now havebecome the back of the settee is brought forward just sufliciently tocause the entire strip to fit the back of the occupant so that the sameis as comfortable as an upholstered davenport or sofa. Yet when the barsare dropped to a lower set of gromets the strips lie flat upon the bedbottom so that the same may be employed as a cot or bed as eiiicientlyas if the valances were secured to the edge of the bed bottom in theusual way.

It may be noted that the valance strips may be sewed to the upper bottomportion at a point anywhere between the outer margins of said portionwhen the same is assembled on the frame. In such event, if the innerportion of the valance strip is secured to the fabric bottom at a pointsufficiently removed from the edge of the hammock bottom so that saidvalance strip in its raised position will conform to the back of thesitter, it will perform the functions of my invention.

I claim:

1. A cot hammock settee comprising a fabric bottom and means forsuspending the same, and valance strips secured at their inner edgesalong lines parallel with and adjacent the center of said bottom.

2. A cot hammock settee comprising a fabric bottom and means forsuspending the same, valance strips secured at their inner edges alonglines parallel with and adjacent the center of said fabric bottom, andmeans for securing the ends of said valance strips between the saidsuspending means.

3. A cot hammock settee comprising a fabric bottom and ends of saidfabric extending beyond the bottom for suspending the same, valancestrips secured at their inner edges along lines parallel with andadjacent the center of said fabric bottom, bars carried by the freeedges of said valance strips, and means for securing said bars at theirends to the said suspending ends.

t. A cot hammock settee comprising a fabric bottom and ends of saidfabric extending beyond the bottom for suspending the same, valancestrips secured at their in ner edges along lines parallel with andadjacentthe center of said fabric bottom, bars carried by the free edgesof said valance strips, and means for securing said bars at their endsto the said suspending ends in a plurality of positions of elevation ofthe bars relative to the fabric bottom.

In testimony whereof I afIiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

VILLIAM BOSS.

Vitnesses H. A. BOWMAN, F. A. IVI-IITELEY.

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